In this book, one of the world’s
leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge
you’ll need to succeed with Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise
Linux in any real-world environment. Best-selling author Mark
Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills
you’ll actually use as an administrator, user, or
programmer.

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He
starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task
that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step,
you’ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the
accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interfaces, provide
file/print sharing and Internet services, make sure Linux desktops
and networks are as secure as possible, work with the powerful
command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate
administration with Perl scripts.

Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of
thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux
nook and cranny–and he never forgets what it’s like to
be new to Linux. Whatever you’ll want to do with
Linux–now or in the future–this book gives you
everything you’ll need.

Compared with the other Linux books out
there, A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red
Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Fifth Edition,
delivers

Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of
Fedora 12 and RHEL 5

Deeper coverage of the command line and
the newest GUIs, including desktop customization

More state-of-the-art security
techniques, including SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux), ACLs
(Access Control Lists), firewall setup using both the Red Hat GUI
and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH

More and better coverage of
system/network administration tasks, including new coverage of
network monitoring with Cacti

Complete instructions on keeping Linux
systems up-to-date using yum

And much more, including a 500+ term
glossary and a comprehensive index